Dental technicians, legal clerks, students and cloakroom attendants are Britain’s most law abiding drivers, while dancing teachers and choreographers are among the least, according to figures collated by Tiger.co.uk.

The car insurance comparison website found that dental technicians were the safest drivers on the road, with the lowest number of driving convictions per mile driven.

People in these occupations drove more than 120,000 miles before slipping up and committing a driving offence such as speeding. The comparison site suggested that one reason for these occupations faring so well in the study was that they were traditionally roles held by younger people, who had not had time to rack up many convictions.

The most dangerous drivers on the road are dancing teachers and choreographers, who managed to cover an average of only 23,500 miles between convictions. Also named and shamed as irresponsible motorists are haulage contractors, landscape architects, funeral directors and – perhaps in a hurry to attend an impending delivery – midwives.

Interestingly, those who work with the law did not excel in obeying it. Barristers and solicitors narrowly missed being labelled as bad drivers – ranking 30th least safe in a list of 313 occupations. Police officers ranked 196th, managing 58,190 miles between offences.

Commenting on the results of the 300,000-participant study, Andrew Goulborn of Tiger.co.uk said: “The study has revealed a number of surprises. No one here would have guessed that dancing teachers, midwives and funeral directors would be vying for the title of Britain’s least law-abiding motorists.

“And at the other end of the scale, congratulations to the UK’s kennel workers, launderers and dental technicians, whose driving appears to stay well within the law.”